Support for the Pandemic Fund

In 2022, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pandemic Fund (External link) was set up. Its aim is to close gaps in global pandemic preparedness. It is meant to offer countries and regions in the Global South financial incentives to improve laboratory equipment, develop and expand early warning and surveillance systems for infections, and train medical personnel. Duplication of structures is to be avoided: instead of creating its own programmes, the Pandemic Fund finances the additional costs that arise from including pandemic preparedness in the ongoing programmes of other organisations (e.g. WHO, FAO, World Bank, Gavi).

Germany is one of the founding members of the Pandemic Fund and its pledge of 169 million euros makes it the third-largest donor after the US and the European Union.